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The Danger of A Single Story Worksheet

The document is a worksheet about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk on the danger of a single story. In the talk, Adichie discusses how having only a single story about another person or country can promote stereotyping and lead to incomplete or inaccurate understandings. She gives examples from her own life experience of how single stories can shape perceptions and explains the importance of learning complex, multifaceted stories to avoid these issues.

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The Danger of A Single Story Worksheet

The document is a worksheet about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk on the danger of a single story. In the talk, Adichie discusses how having only a single story about another person or country can promote stereotyping and lead to incomplete or inaccurate understandings. She gives examples from her own life experience of how single stories can shape perceptions and explains the importance of learning complex, multifaceted stories to avoid these issues.

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The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

TED Talk Worksheet


1. When she was a child, what did Adichie think that a story needed to have?

2. What single story did Adichie's college roommate believe about her?

3. What does Adichie say has historically been the "single story" about Africa? Where did this "single
story" come from?

4. What does Adichie mean when she asserts that "stories... are defined by the principle of nkali?"

5. Why does Adichie say that she did not have a "single story" of the United States?

6. What does Adichie mean when she says, "the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue,
but that they are incomplete?"

7. Give two examples of how Adichie dispels the single story of Nigeria.

8. Think about the "single stories" that exist today. How can we help dispel those dangerous myths and
show the rich complexities in our world?

The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


TED Talk Worksheet
1. When she was a child, what did Adichie think that a story needed to have?

2. What single story did Adichie's college roommate believe about her?

3. What does Adichie say has historically been the "single story" about Africa? Where did this "single
story" come from?

4. What does Adichie mean when she asserts that "stories... are defined by the principle of nkali?"

5. Why does Adichie say that she did not have a "single story" of the United States?

6. What does Adichie mean when she says, "the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue,
but that they are incomplete?"

7. Give two examples of how Adichie dispels the single story of Nigeria.

8. Think about the "single stories" that exist today. How can we help dispel those dangerous myths and
show the rich complexities in our world?

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